History:
Powerbook G4 with DVI. Wife claimed possession of it for her work.
Usually run with an external monitor.
On a recent trip trip tried to use the laptop and no screen...
Found a monitor at the destination and used everything worked (expect the laptop display.
(Tried the pram reset... but that didn't work. The display is blue, but no data is apparent.)
I backed up everything pronto-quick/smart-fast).
Apple said send it in with ~350 $US and we'll tell you how much more it will take to fix it.
(Wife says - you will not send that machine out with my work info on the drive!)
Then... A few weeks ago the HD died...
Tried the hardware at boot up, but it appears that it will not mirror to the external monitor until the OS loads.
So I put the new hard drive in today. (As I can't send it out with out the old HD in her hands anyhow...)
Tried booting with the OS disk, with "c". Get a display going dark blue and can see the mouse on the external moitor - just the external is a seperate monitor and not mirrored.
Any ideas about how to reload the OS or get the external monitor to be mirrored during boot from the CD?
I've tried the function7, closing the lid...
Really don't need the internal monitor for her work, if the OS can get back in order.
Thanks in advance!
Holmz
Powerbook G4 with DVI. Wife claimed possession of it for her work.
Usually run with an external monitor.
On a recent trip trip tried to use the laptop and no screen...
Found a monitor at the destination and used everything worked (expect the laptop display.
(Tried the pram reset... but that didn't work. The display is blue, but no data is apparent.)
I backed up everything pronto-quick/smart-fast).
Apple said send it in with ~350 $US and we'll tell you how much more it will take to fix it.
(Wife says - you will not send that machine out with my work info on the drive!)
Then... A few weeks ago the HD died...
Tried the hardware at boot up, but it appears that it will not mirror to the external monitor until the OS loads.
So I put the new hard drive in today. (As I can't send it out with out the old HD in her hands anyhow...)
Tried booting with the OS disk, with "c". Get a display going dark blue and can see the mouse on the external moitor - just the external is a seperate monitor and not mirrored.
Any ideas about how to reload the OS or get the external monitor to be mirrored during boot from the CD?
I've tried the function7, closing the lid...
Really don't need the internal monitor for her work, if the OS can get back in order.
Thanks in advance!
Holmz